I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth


1h 30m 2005

Brief Synopsis

Delves into the creation of the Soviet/Cuban film "I Am Cuba" more than 40 years ago. It follows Soviet filmmaker Mikhail Kalatosov as he travels to Cuba in the early 1960s to make his film, a vignette drama which failed in both countries and was ressurrected in the West in the 1990s when Francis Fo

Film Details

Also Known As
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth, Soy Cuba, O Mamute Siberiano
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Historical
Release Date
2005
Distribution Company
Fandango; Imovision; Rosebud

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

Synopsis

Delves into the creation of the Soviet/Cuban film "I Am Cuba" more than 40 years ago. It follows Soviet filmmaker Mikhail Kalatosov as he travels to Cuba in the early 1960s to make his film, a vignette drama which failed in both countries and was ressurrected in the West in the 1990s when Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese endorsed Milestone Films' 1993 ancillary release. First-time Brazilian director Vicente Ferraz arrives in Havana to track Kalatosov's ambitious 14-month shoot.

Film Details

Also Known As
I Am Cuba, the Siberian Mammoth, Soy Cuba, O Mamute Siberiano
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Foreign
Historical
Release Date
2005
Distribution Company
Fandango; Imovision; Rosebud

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 30m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Fall September 16, 2005

Released in United States January 2005

Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2005.

Shown with Mikhail Kalatozov's I AM CUBA.

Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2005.)

Released in United States Fall September 16, 2005